Art: Matthew Weston Taylor's little characters make a hazy dream-world

Date
11 October 2013

Matthew Weston Taylor’s artwork makes for perfect coffee break viewing. On first glance his paintings might seem like a hazy collection of obscure blobs, but if you scrunch up your eyes and remove yourself from the chaos surrounding you for just a minute you’ll see dozens of little characters squatting on tropical beaches, hunched up about to dive into pools and brooding in the midst of a copse of trees. The raw edges and muted colours make for a welcome break from the sharp angles and defined lines which usually regulate the images we find around us, and Matthew’s dreamworld is one we’re happy to drift into.

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Maisie Skidmore

Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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